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FIDO.* Newsgroups

All (378,027) 🗃️ Utzoo Alt (151,236) Rec (16,151) Comp (16,078) Microsoft (12,768) Soc (11,869) Free (6,677) Misc (6,442) Sci (4,598) De (4,491) Fido7 (4,203) News (4,116) It (3,130) Uk (2,858) Fido (2,555) Talk (2,546) Es (2,365) Biz (2,204) Aol (2,167) Msn (2,117) Fj (2,105)
2,555 groups in fido.*
Group ▾ Description Threads Posts
fido.virus.ger 1 1
fido.visual.basic 28 28
fido.vladimer.business 1 1
fido.vladimir.business 119 119
fido.wa_4s 1 1
fido.wa_4sale 112 406
fido.wa_chat 16 61
fido.wa_controv 11 33
fido.waffen.ger 1 1
fido.wa_forsale 8 8
fido.wa_humour 8 37
fido.wa_os2 15 38
fido.warnings 1 16
fido.watcom.c 328 328
fido.watcom.general 3 3
fido.wa_tr 1 1
fido.wa_trade 17 66
fido.whitehouse 3 3
fido.wicca 3 3
fido.win32 429 852
fido.win32.ger 9 9
fido.win_4_wrkgrps 3 8
fido.win95 10 10
fido.win95.ger 2 27
fido.win95_ger 1 1
fido.win95.soft.ger 1 1
fido.windows 9 9
fido.windows-ger 203 531
fido.windows.ger 1 1
fido.windows_ger 7 13
fido.windows-prog 7 7
fido.windows.prog 4 4
fido.windows.prog.ger 2 2
fido.windows-tp_ger 7 9
fido.win.windows.ger 2 2
fido.wisopo.ger.boerse 1 1
fido.wisopo.ger.insurance 2 2
fido.wissen-ger 228 1,610
fido.wissen.ger 5 5
fido.wissen_ger 10 10
fido.wissenschaft.astronomie 2 2
fido.wissenschaft.medizin.ger 1 3
fido.wohnung.ger 2 8
fido.wrestling 2 2
fido.xsu.cellular 7 7
fido.xsu.cellular.chainik 2 2
fido.xsu.cellular.phones 2 2
fido.zc.commerce 5 182
fido.zc.commerce.orgtech 17 17
fido.zivi-ger 20 20
fido.zivi.ger 207 207
fido.zone6sysop 4 4
fido.zyxel-ger 112 192
fido.zyxel.ger 2 11
fido.zyxel_ger 34 130
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